This person says, great presentation.
And they have a particular question
about participatory action research.
They they ask where when there is shared
power,
is there also shared responsibility
how to think about, you know,
confidentiality issues or adverse events?
How how to think about what's shared
or, you know, when you share power,
how far does that go?
Or does that go into the implementation of the
research?
But thank you.
I speak, but, in different ways.
These
there are many ways in which you can participate in
research.
The one where I find is power
sharing is easier is where it is addressing a problem
that is identified by the community itself.
It could be something like,
for example, I'm just saying off the top of
my head.
Why is it that we are always bitten by mosquitoes?
We want to do something about it.
The current, preventive measures are not
working.
What can be done?
And this is community coming up with.
Can we do something else?
And research has come in to say, yes, let's work through to find
out.
What else can we do?
Can we, start figuring out enough
approached by the community
of preventing breeding grounds for most
people, in fact,
the question area might be identified together with
community.
They might even be involved in transect walks to figure out
where are the breeding grounds for mosquitoes.
They might even decide, what resources do we have to
make sure
that we are clearing the bush? Yes. Spraying.
What can governments do?
And so?
So in that case, they are very much part
of the research team,
but they are still kind of in the community.
They are telling the research that
if such as do not come from the area
for informing the research as of what needs to be done
now, the extent to which power
sharing in that context happens, I think is problematic.
Because when it comes to the action from,
communities could be very explicit
and say, this is what is community.
This is what we want governments to do.
This is what will require the policies to address.
This is the kind of funding that we need.
And in that case they are actually declining.
Now that might be different from another form of approach,
for example, for the voice to know what is the problem of
jiggers in an area.
Does that bite the legs.
The toes.
So that could be a different approach
altogether.
Great. So I guess just to clarify.
It sounds like the.
When engaging
in the sort of I'll call the sort of extreme
isn't quite the right word, but the sort of fully engaged,
community engagement there.
There's still going to be a lot of sort
of negotiations on the ground about
how to navigate the relationship
and the power relationship between the community and the
researchers.
As you said, in some cases, the community really drive
and maybe facilitate or, help.
Has the researchers help them get their work done
versus
one where the researchers may take a stronger lead
and the community is very engaged,
but the researchers
have the funding for example.
And so that's a
a way that they have slightly more power
in that particular relationship.
Absolutely.
Thank you. Hello.